Apple Will Reportedly Make a Cheap MacBook Air With Just One Port

It's alleged to be a 12-inch laptop with just a single USB port.

They've denied it for years, but it seems that Apple may finally be making the jump into the cheap notebook market. At least if new rumors are true.

The company reportedly wants to bring down the overall cost by using just one port: a USB 3.0, which would double as the place where a charger would plug in. 9to5Mac is reporting that the new notebook will have a 12-inch screen, a radically redesigned keyboard, and a higher resolution display. By dropping the full-sized ports, the company will be able to make the new notebook thinner than before.

The new notebooks will reportedly ship mid-year; they're meant to take on Chromebooks, cheap Windows computers, netbooks, and other low-cost competitors.